Michael Tanenbaum

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Michael Tanenbaum is a senior staff writer for PhillyVoice.com, with interests ranging from technology and behavioral health to local community initiatives and cultural life. Michael has written for the Argentina Independent and Bespoke Magazine and previously served as a news editor for Xfinity.com before joining PhillyVoice. He received his B.A. in The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University.


tanenbaum@phillyvoice.com

September 11, 2015

Health News

Cancer patient receives world's first 3D-printed Titanium rib cage

In the latest example of an innovative leap forward, a cancer patient in Spain has become the world's first recipient of a 3D-printed Titanium rib cage and sternum

September 11, 2015

Appliances

Blogger turns minifridge into functional Gameboy

Given the kinds of problem-solving and cooperation skills video games can teach us to utilize, the bad rap gamers tend to get for being lazy isn't particularly fair or even true. One Canadian blogger noted for making creative modifications has concocted the perfect device to mock those who would bash the habits of gamers: a Gameboy minifridge.

September 11, 2015

Investigation

Body of missing N.J. man found in Florida trash can

A New Jersey man who has been missing since July 31 was identified Friday after police in Lake Worth, Florida, discovered his body in a trash can on Wednesday.

September 11, 2015

Courts

Federal prosecutors look to drop charges against Temple professor

Federal prosecutors filed a motion at the U.S. attorney's office in Philadelphia Friday seeking to drop charges against a Temple University physics professor accused of scheming to provide secret U.S. technology China.

September 10, 2015

Crime

Bucks County lawyer sentenced for defrauding client's estate of $2.3 million

A Doylestown attorney who specialized in estate and probate matters will spend 48 months in prison after he was sentenced Thursday for defrauding a client's state of $2.3 million, the U.S. Attorney's Office announced.

September 10, 2015

Campbell's

Keurig debuts Campbell Soup K-Cups

Keurig Green Mountain unveiled K-Cup pods and soup packets from Camden-based Campbell's Soup.

September 10, 2015

Movies

Kevin Smith's 'Mallrats' sequel to be filmed at Exton Mall

On Thursday, Kevin Smith tweeted that he and StarStream Entertainment have chosen a Chester County's Exton Square Mall as the location for 'Mallbrats,' which begins filming in January.

September 10, 2015

Courts

Virginia man pleads guilty in abduction of Philadelphia woman

A Virginia man faces up to 35 years in prison after pleading guilty Thursday to kidnapping a woman off of a Philadelphia street and taking her to Maryland before federal agents intervened, the United States Department of Justice announced.

September 10, 2015

Courts

Bogus attorney charged for operating fraudulent law practice

A phony attorney who ran a fraudulent law practice and swindled 74 "clients" between 2003-2015 was charged by indictment Thursday with mail fraud, wire fraud and false statements, the United States Attorney's Office announced.

September 10, 2015

Accidents

Victim identified in plane crash off Atlantic City coast

Investigators are searching for the debris a single-engine plane that reportedly crashed about 7 miles off the coast of Atlantic City on Thursday afternoon.

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